Simple analogues of platensimycin, inhibitors of bacterial enzymes, are made in just two-flask reactions from commercial aldehydes

The most-accessed chemistry articles from ChemPubSoc Europe and GDCh journals for January 2011

European Women in Chemistry edited by Jan Apotheker and Livia Simon Sarkadi, reviewed by Francesco De Angelis, University of l’Aquila, Italy

Improved understanding of conduction in ionic liquids could have important implications for batteries and dye-sensitized solar cells

First synthesizing the dendron, then attaching it to suitable cores provides a versatile toolbox for dendrimer assembly

A scorpion-like fluorescent triazole allows sensitive detection of copper and mercury in sea samples from Sydney Harbour

Compounds with both triazole and halogen functionalities formed by Cu catalysis with environmentally benign reducing agent

Blending the capacitance of seaweed with the conduction of carbon nanotubes gives enhanced performance of supercapacitor electrodes

Seashell repaired in vitro by growth of biominerals in insoluble organic framework

Coupling reactions in which palladium is replaced with cheaper nickel complexes can now be done at room temperature